In 1976 Verna moved to Albuquerque, NM where she lived for almost ten years. Verna loved living in New Mexico and enjoyed many things there including the people, Balloon Fest, the Jam, and the Mountains.She later moved back to the Liberal area where she went to work as a Dispatcher for ABF Trucking for 25 years, where she made many friends. Verna enjoyed church gatherings, Bingo, Facebook, family get together’s, weekly potluck at the Cottages, watching Wheel of Fortune, doing word search puzzles, old country and gospel music. Verna was greatly loved and never met a stranger. She was an active member of the Faith Tabernacle Church of Liberal, where she had her special assigned parking.